Nov 14–17 2026

ObesityWeek 2026

Sat, Nov 14 · Day 1 of 4 · Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center · Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

Day 1 of 4

39 people, 1 to 20

Person, A to Z	Title	Organization	Session	When
Andres Acosta, MD, PhD	Professor of Medicine	Mayo Clinic	Key Lecture – Andres Acosta: Why One Size Will Never Fit All: Biological Diversity in Obesity and Treatment Response	Sun 10:30 AM
Cheehoon Ahn, PhD			Muscle in the Cross Hairs: IMAT, GLP-1s, and the Battle for Lean Mass	Mon 5:00 PM
Sarah Armstrong, MD	Professor of Pediatrics	Duke University	Pediatric Obesity Pre-Conference: Treatment in Primary Care Settings	Sat 9:30 AM
Julio Ayala, PhD	Track 2 (Neuroscience) Co-Chair		How To Measure Energy Balance and Interpret Data in Pre-Clinical Models in a Clinically Translational Way	Tue 8:30 AM
Sarah Barlow, MD, MPH	Professor of Pediatrics	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Pediatric Obesity Pre-Conference: Medical Assessment of Obesity	Fri 2:00 PM
Sarah Le Brocq, BSc (Hons)			TOS/ACSM Joint Symposium: Moving Beyond Weight – Physiological and Psychological Engagement for Physical Activity in Obesity Treatment	Mon 8:30 AM
Matthew Buman, PhD	Director and Professor, College of Health Solutions	Arizona State University	Key Lecture – Matthew Buman: Beyond Counting Steps: Wearables as Engines of Metabolic Change	Mon 8:30 AM
E. Thomaseo Burton, PhD, MPH	Psychologist / Assistant Professor	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Pediatric Obesity Pre-Conference: Family and Behavioral Assessment and Intervention	Fri 2:45 PM
Colin Champ, MD, CSCS			Breast Cancer – We’re Treating It All Wrong	Sun 3:30 PM
David Church, PhD			Muscle in the Cross Hairs: IMAT, GLP-1s, and the Battle for Lean Mass	Mon 5:00 PM
Tim Church, MD, PhD			TOS/ACSM Joint Symposium: Moving Beyond Weight – Physiological and Psychological Engagement for Physical Activity in Obesity Treatment	Mon 8:30 AM
Roger Cone, PhD	Director	Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan	Key Lecture – Roger Cone: A Receptor by Any Other Name Would Signal as Sweet – How Melanocortin Receptors Reshaped the Genetics of Obesity	Tue 10:00 AM
Suzanne Cuda, MD	Medical Director	Alamo City Health Kids and Families	Pediatric Obesity Pre-Conference: Office Management and Practice Operations	Sat 10:15 AM
Gail Daumit, MD, MHS		Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Key Lecture – Gail Daumit: Translating and Disseminating a Behavioral Obesity Treatment Intervention for Adults with Serious Mental Illness	Tue 10:00 AM
Joy DeBellis, DNP, FNP-C, DipACLM, PNAP	Associate Clinical Professor	Auburn University, American College of Lifestyle Medicine	Key Lecture – Joy DeBellis: The Missing Link in Obesity Care – Building Resilient Habits for a Chaotic World	Sun 10:30 AM
Michael Donnelly-Boylen, MS			TOS/ACSM Joint Symposium: Moving Beyond Weight – Physiological and Psychological Engagement for Physical Activity in Obesity Treatment	Mon 8:30 AM
Claudia Fox, MD, MPH	Associate Professor of Pediatrics	University of Minnesota	Pediatric Obesity Pre-Conference: Pharmacotherapy	Fri 4:30 PM
Michael Goran, PhD	Professor	University of Southern California	Key Lecture – Michael Goran: Ultra-Processed Foods and the Developing Brain – A Neurodevelopmental Model of Obesity and Chronic Disease Risk	Sat 3:00 PM
Sarah Hampl, MD, FAAP	Pediatrician	Children’s Mercy Hospital	Pediatric Obesity Pre-Conference: Principles of Childhood Obesity Treatment	Fri 1:15 PM
Joan Han, MD	Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes	Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Pediatric Obesity Pre-Conference: Genetic and Endocrinologic Conditions in Pediatric Obesity	Sat 8:00 AM